Central, Hong Kong

Holding company · Central, Hong Kong

Three independent
practices.

The Bear Group Ltd is a Hong Kong holding company behind three independent practices in product and technology.

Two founders. No agency, no bench, no account managers.

The practices 3 practices
01 Dirk Bauer CTO and technical advisory Fractional CTO engagements and time-boxed project work for founders and engineering leaders.dirkbauer.com 02 Waranya Chamrat Product leadership and UX research Fractional product and UX leadership for teams making decisions they cannot yet prove.waranyachamrat.com 03 Zolanius Product and technology due diligence Independent assessment for angel, pre-seed, seed and Series A investors. One verdict across product, technology, people and execution.zolanius.com
Founders
Dirk Bauer
Dirk Bauer
Co-founder and director

Thirty years building and leading technology teams across eleven industries, from Unix systems through early e-commerce to IoT platforms, fintech infrastructure and SaaS. Remote since 2005, with teams in Ukraine, the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Hardware and software, which most CTOs have done one of. PhD, University of Zurich, 1997. Based in Bangkok.

↗ dirkbauer.com
Waranya Chamrat
Waranya Chamrat
Co-founder and director

Twelve years across SaaS, IoT, fintech, e-commerce and enterprise, delivered to teams in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Came into product through mechatronics and IT before UI, research and strategy, which is why she reads products structurally rather than visually. Native Thai, based in Bangkok.

↗ waranyachamrat.com

Core and Bloat™ is the classification method developed inside the group. Every part of a system goes into exactly one of four boxes: Core, Platform, Bloat, No-Go. It is applied in Dirk's advisory work and in every Zolanius assessment. The full framework is published at dirkbauer.com/core-and-bloat.html.